Kavo Plakos - 2008

Kavo Plakos. Chr. Sophianou (ΚΔ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on surface survey conducted on the promontory of Plakos, with volunteers from the Ephoreia and A. MacGillivray of the British School. The promontory was investigated in its entirety with the exception of inaccessible or dangerous areas. Several new archaeological sites were identified and mapped, and a temporary demarcation of the more significant was proposed. These included:

· Two long walls of indeterminate date, probably boundary walls, in the north and south of the peninsula

· A concentration of Roman pottery in the area of the lighthouse

· A rock-carved well on the shore (diameter 2m)

· Traces of retaining walls of limited extent, with Minoan pottery

· A large concentration of Minoan ceramics and LM conical cups.

· At a lower level, a cave, probably with one chamber (not investigated due to lack of equipment) with a built modern staircase. Depth approx. 10m.

· On a limestone outcrop traces of masonry and mostly EM pottery

· Traces of modern, Byzantine and perhaps Venetian masonry

· A Minoan establishment remains (within the proposed limits of the archaeological area): remains of buildings and MM ceramics on the hill opposite the site of on the Vlychadia, where Davaras excavated two LM I buildings

· Remains of buildings with megalithic walls, MM-LM ceramics and a built cistern with internal staircase/ladder (within the proposed limits of the archaeological area)

· Remains of walls and Minoan ceramics in two locations (within the proposed limits of the archaeological area)